That one story your uncle tells at every single family reunion? Yeah, that’s a folktale.

American English, Italian Chocolate

Rick Bailey

From the Midwest to Italy, Bailey blends memoir and essay to remind us of all the little details that make life significant.

The Zoo at Night (September 2017)

Susan Gubernat

Winner of this year’s Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, The Zoo at Night is both experimental and classic, combining formal and free verse elements.

Prisoner of the Vampires of Mars

Gustave Le Rouge

Translated by David Beus and Brian Evenson

Robert Darvel, a young and penniless French engineer at the turn of the twentieth century, is an amateur astronomer obsessed with the planet Mars. Transported by a combination of science and psychic powers to Mars, Robert must navigate the dangers of the Red Planet while trying to return to his fiancée on Earth. This is translated science fiction novel is sure to cure your summer reading slump.

My Wife Wants You to Know I’m Happily Married

Joey Franklin

Musing on more than marriage, Franklin explores the relationship between writer and reader in this fun collection of short stories.

Telling Stories (October 2017)

Lee Martin

Although reading may be a solitary activity, writing is not. Through encouraging lessons learned over a lifetime of writing, Martin reminds us that no writer is alone.